Budapest - Bratislava - Prague - Berlin

Begin your Europe Tour in Budapest with a visit to the famous sites of Buda and Pest, In Bratislava,the capital of Slovakia, you will visit the Jewish Museum and the crypt of Chatam Sofer. In Prague- Jewish town called Josefov, Old Town, House of Franz Kafka, Jewish ghetto, Oldest synagogue in Central Europe, Old Jewish Cemetery, Classic Prague,Old town square, Astronomical clock, Teresienstadt Concentration Camp.
In Berlin - Brandenburg Gate, Memorial for the Murdered Jews of Europe, Federal Holocaust Memorial, Reichstag, Orianienburgerstrasse synagogue, Checkpoint Charlie,Former Jewish quarter, New Jewish Museum (Jüdisches Museum),and the infamous Wannsee Villa.
The price includes Roundtrip airport transfers in Europe by deluxe motor coach, including meet and greet.
Two Shabbat dinners and lunches (in Budapest and Berlin). Guiding, transfers, escorting, meals, accommodation, entrance fees - as per your itinerary, Earphones where necessary, Porterage services (1 pc. pp.) where available (not available at Berlin airport).
Local VAT taxes and city taxes.- AND SO MUCH MORE!!

  Itinerary

JULY 12 - Depart MIAMI overnight flight to Budapest.

JULY 13 - Welcome to Hungary!
Upon arrival, you will be transferred to your hotel. En route, enjoy a quick panoramic sight seeing of Budapest, accompanied by our professional local escort to introduce you to all the beauties of the city you will be staying in for the next 4 days. - Morning guided tour of Jewish Heritage sites of Budapest: Visit the Jewish Ghetto, the Temple of Heroes, and the Orthodox Synagogue on Kazinczy Street, the world famous Doheny St. Synagogue-largest synagogue in Europe, Wallenberg Memorial, and the Rumbach St. Synagogue. Finally, visit the Jewish Museum. Tonight - a treat! A Welcome Dinner in a typical Hungarian restaurant.
Overnight in Budapest

JULY 14 - Explore the Tortured History of Hungary
A visit to the "House of Terror" and the new Holocaust Museum, "The shoes" Monument on the bank of the Danube. Afternoon guided tour of the Classic "Buda" and "Pest" including the Castle Hill - a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Visit the Fishermen's Village Bastion and Matthias Church. At night take a cruise down the Danube River followed by dinner in the old town of Buda in a Gypsy - oriented atmosphere.
Overnight in Budapest

JULY 15 - A day of Leisure
Explore the traditional Budapest Cafes with their famous pastries. Shopping along the elegant Andrassy Avenue and visit the renowned outdoor market. Return to hotel for Shabbat Dinner.
Overnight in Budapest

JULY 16 - Today is Shabbat.
The Jewish quarter and synagogues is a short walk away from your hotel. Lunch at the hotel included. A walking tour will be offered.
Overnight in Budapest.

JULY 17 - From Hungary to Slovakia to the Czech Republic
Depart after breakfast to make our way to Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. Upon arrival, you will enjoy a short guided tour of the Jewish Heritage of Bratislava, including the Jewish Museum and the crypt of Chatam Sofer. Lunch at a restaurant in the Old Town. Proceed to "Golden Praha", as Prague is called. Former capital of the Holy Roman Empire, Praha encompasses many centuries of history in a single sprawling city divided by the Vitava River, whose separate parts are joined by 13 bridges. Rodin, the famous French sculptor, called Praha "Rome of the North", and Goethe described the city as "the most beautiful jewel of the stone crown in the world". Dinner and
Overnight in Prague.

JULY 18 - Jewish Heritage sites of Prague.
Visit Prague's Jewish town called Josefov (Joseph's Town). The tour starts with a walk through the Old Town. Next to the house of Franz Kafka you will enter the original Jewish quarter. The guide will inform you about the history of the former Jewish ghetto and of the oldest synagogue in Central Europe. You will walk through the Old Jewish Cemetery and also visit several synagogues that are a part of the unique Prague Jewish Museum Complex. Afternoon guided tour of Classic Prague, including a walking tour of the city through the old town square with its famous Astronomical clock. No entrance fees included. Dinner at the Kosher Dinitz Glatt restaurant located in the heart of the Jewish quarter.
Overnight in Prague.

JULY 19 - Teresienstadt Concentration Camp.
A full day trip to the Theresienstadt "model" concentration camp. Terezin's Small Fortress served as a prison for military and political opponents to the Hapsburg monarchy in the early 19th century. But the most tragic part of Terezin's history came after the Czech lands were occupied by Nazi Germany. Terezin's Small Fortress was converted to a police prison of the Prague Gestapo in June 1940; in November 1941, a ghetto and concentration camp for Jews was established in the Large Fortress. This camp was used during the war as a façade: it was fixed by the Nazis to look like a spa town to the International Red Cross. The ruse worked and the Red Cross backed off, allowing the death camps to continue their horrific work.
Return to your hotel in Prague for overnight.

JULY 20 - Germany
After the drive to Berlin (about 4 hours), we begin with a visit to the Brandenburg Gate, the best-known symbol of Berlin, the gate that welcomed kings and emperors, homecoming armies and conquerors, and in the twentieth century marked the border where the Berlin Wall divided East from West. A block from the Brandenburg Gate is the Memorial for the Murdered Jews of Europe. It is situated in Berlin's city center, built near the Reichstag. The decision to build this memorial was made by the German parliament on June 25, 1999, when it passed a resolution to realize a design by Peter Eisenman. The design envisages a Field of Stelae, 2,711 concrete blocks of different heights, structured in a grid pattern and covering nearly 19,000 meters of gently sloping ground. The federal Holocaust memorial is the only example in the world of a country constructing an official monument to its own victims. We will continue with a visit to the Reichstag, the German parliament building. This impressive late 19th century monument to German parliamentary tradition burned down in 1933 along with German democracy as Hitler rose to power. Today it is restored and serves once again as a palace of democracy. Our tour of central Berlin will continue with the Orianienburgerstrasse synagogue, what was once the largest synagogue in the world. We will visit the museum in what has been restored of the synagogue, including its striking golden dome. A special stop at Checkpoint Charlie (photo opportunity!) Kosher dinner at Gabriel Restaurant in the Jewish Community Center.
Overnight in Berlin.

JULY 21 - Jewish Heritage sites of Berlin.
The influence of Berlin's diverse Jewish communities - reform, orthodox, artistic and intellectual - extended across the Western World. The traces of these communities still exist and link in a web of fascinating history in the city's former Jewish quarter. Our tour of Jewish Berlin provides an excellent introduction to a history so relevant for the Jewish world of today. Abundant highlights include the New Synagogue, the city's original Jewish cemetery, the active central school of Berlin's Jewish community, traces of Krystalnacht and the Nazi period, the Yidass Yisrael Synagogue, Otto Weidt's Workshop for the Blind, the site of the Rosenstrasse Protest. In the afternoon, we will visit the new Jewish Museum (Jüdisches Museum). It covers two millennia of German Jewish history. The new building was designed by world-renowned architect Daniel Liebeskind. This was one of the first buildings in Berlin designed after German reunification.
Overnight in Berlin.

JULY 22 - Germany's Tragic Past
We begin the day with a visit to the Weissensee cemetery, giving us a sense of the size and importance of Berlin's Jewish community before the Shoah. From the cemetery we will travel to Wannsee. The Wannsee Conference, a meeting of senior officials of the Nazi German regime held in this Berlin suburb on January 20, 1942, is generally understood as the moment of planning and coordination of "the final solution to the Jewish question." The implementation of this coordinated operation marks the most deadly phase of the Shoah. In the afternoon we will return to central Berlin, visiting the Neue Wache, the federal memorial to the victims of war and tyranny, and the German Historical Museum, where we will learn how contemporary Germany makes sense of its past. Shabbat Dinner.

JULY 23 - Shabbat in Berlin Full day at leisure
A walking tour will be offered. It will include the grave of Moses Mendelssohn, considered the "first modern Jew", and the buildings that used to house the liberal and modern Orthodox seminaries.
Lunch at the hotel. Our Farewell Dinner!

JULY 24 - Goodbye, Berlin!
Early morning flight to the USA. We will arrive on the same day.

*Itinerary Subject to Change